Caparay Ghar Section A, Bed 23, Wardak (Permian of Afghanistan)

Where: Afghanistan (34.1° N, 68.5° E: paleocoordinates 27.6° S, 61.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wardak Formation, Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, argillaceous limestone and lithified, black shale

• Alternating marly limestone and black shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Termier, H. Termier, A.F. Lapparent and P. Marin. 1974. Monographie du Permo-Carbonifère de Wardak (Afghanistan Central). Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de Lyon, Hors Série 2:1-165 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88397: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.04.2009, edited by Bethany Allen

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Pseudophillipsia sumatrensis
Pseudophillipsia sumatrensis Roemer 1880 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma radiatum
Dielasma radiatum Termier et al. 1974
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Phricodothyris nummulina
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Purdonella lunwalensis" = Cartorhium lunwalensis
"Purdonella lunwalensis" = Cartorhium lunwalensis Reed 1944
 Spiriferida - Spiriferellidae
Elivina termieri3
Elivina termieri3 Waterhouse 2004
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia nucula
Martinia nucula Rothpletz 1892
Strophomenata
 Productida -
Spinomarginifera helica
 Productida - Paucispiniferidae
"Kutorginella lapparenti" = Retimarginifera lapparenti
"Kutorginella lapparenti" = Retimarginifera lapparenti Termier et al. 1974
 Productida - Productellidae
Chonetella cf. nasuta1
Chonetella cf. nasuta1 Waagen 1884
 Productida - Monticuliferidae
"Linoproductus caparayensis n. sp." = Costatumulus caparayensis
"Linoproductus caparayensis n. sp." = Costatumulus caparayensis Termier et al. 1974
 Productida - Schrenkiellidae
Permundaria sp.2
Permundaria sp.2 Nakamura et al. 1970
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
"Pleramplexus similis" = Paracaninia similis, "Pleramplexus leptoconicus" = Cryptophyllum leptoconicum, Plerophyllum sp.
"Pleramplexus similis" = Paracaninia similis Schindewolf 1942 horn coral
"Pleramplexus leptoconicus" = Cryptophyllum leptoconicum Abich 1878 horn coral
Plerophyllum sp. Hinde 1890 horn coral
 Stauriida - Lophophyllidae
Lophophyllidium sp., Lophophyllidium zaphrentoidea
Lophophyllidium sp. Grabau 1928 horn coral
Lophophyllidium zaphrentoidea Huang 1932 horn coral
1Shen et al. 2000; 2Sone and Mohd Shafeea Leman 2005; 3Waterhouse 2004